Gov. Janet Mills’ administration wants a court to throw out a lawsuit a state legislator brought against the state last year to compel then-Gov. Paul LePage to restore the state’s staff of public health nurses. Read More

John Feeney’s appointment comes weeks before Democratic Gov.-elect Janet Mills is set to take office, with Democrats eager for an overhaul at DHHS after eight years of the LePage administration. Read More

“If someone’s going to the emergency room for any condition, you hope they’re able to get treatment for any condition and that the end result wouldn’t be jail,” said Kevin Voyvodich of Disability Rights Maine. Read More

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services “will take prompt action” to comply with a law requiring that it restore its staff of public health nurses, according to a lawyer defending the department against a lawsuit for its failure to implement the 2017 law. Read More

“All of this duplication of effort, all this extra work is only further overloading DHHS, making it that much more likely that the workers are going to miss a case of a child in danger,” said Richard Wexler of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform. Read More